
The RevOps Review
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Interviewing leading revenue operators - reviewing the ever changing landscape of GTM operations to keep your revenue engine on track.
Episodes(40 episodes)
Season 2 - Episode 137
AI Margin Bomb: Roee Hartuv, Founder of Willingness To Pay
AI is rewriting the economics of SaaS pricing – and most revenue teams haven't caught up. In this episode, Jeff sits down with Roee Hartuv, founder of Willingness To Pay and a specialist in B2B pricing and packaging with over 20 years of revenue growth experience, to unpack why the heaviest users of your AI product can become your least profitable customers.Roee explains the "margin bomb" behind usage-based cost structures, why pricing has to move from a once-a-year exercise to a living, iterative process, and why RevOps deserves a permanent seat at the pricing committee table....
Published: Oct 21, 2026Duration: 30m 34s
Season 2 - Episode 136
Building the AI-Native RevOps Stack with Steve Dinner, VP of RevOps at Owner.com
We're back for Season 2 of The RevOps Review, where we sit down with the operators, innovators and revenue leaders shaping the future of go-to-market.In this episode, Steve Dinner, VP of Revenue Operations at Owner.com, joins Jeff Ignacio to unpack what it actually takes to rebuild a RevOps function around AI – not just bolt it on. Steve shares how his team governs LLM access to Salesforce, why he treats every workflow as a "nano-service" instead of one big automation project, and how they're rethinking sprint planning now that AI can ship changes daily. He also gets in...
Published: Sep 24, 2026Duration: 28m 7s
Season 1 - Episode 135
Inside Jeff Ignacio’s RevOps AF keynote: The future of RevOps with AI
Recorded after closing out the RevOps AF Conference, Jeff Ignacio unpacks the ideas behind his keynote on AI and the future of revenue operations. A tactical and strategic look at how AI is reshaping pipeline management, coaching, forecasting, win-loss analysis, and the role of the modern RevOps operator.
Published: May 22, 2026Duration: 22m 1s
Season 1 - Episode 134
Rip it out or build around it? with David Winslow, VP of RevOps at Aurasell
David Winslow of Aurasell breaks down the real tradeoffs facing RevOps leaders today - from consolidating your tech stack to embracing agentic workflows, and why waiting for the dust to settle may be the riskiest move of all.
Published: May 8, 2026Duration: 24m 36s
Season 1 - Episode 133
From Reactive to Proactive: Building AI-Powered RevOps with Nikko Georgantonis of Hightouch
Nikko Georgantonis, Head of Revenue Systems at Hightouch, joins the show to share how he's transforming RevOps from a dashboard-pulling function into a proactive, insight-driven engine. From AI-powered MEDDPICC inspection agents to rep onboarding milestone tracking, Nikko breaks down the practical ways his team is building, and learning, at the frontier of applied AI in go-to-market.
Published: May 1, 2026Duration: 22m 33s
Season 1 - Episode 132
From Inherited Chaos to Strategic Control with Melissa Coleman, VP of RevOps at nShift
Melissa Coleman breaks down what really happens when you inherit a go-to-market engine, and how top RevOps leaders turn complexity into clarity. From 30-day diagnostics to board-level influence, this episode explores how to evolve RevOps from a support function into a true strategic driver of growth.
Published: Apr 24, 2026Duration: 25m 29s
Season 1 - Episode 131
AI Will Handle the Tasks. Sellers Will Own the Outcome with Martin Garvey, Director of Enterprise Sales at Gong
As AI takes over admin, forecasting, and even prospecting, the role of the seller is changing fast. Martin Garvey explores what’s left for humans in the sales process, from navigating complex buying groups to managing the psychology behind enterprise deals.
Published: Apr 20, 2026Duration: 20m 5s
Season 1 - Episode 130
Why Governance Is the New Growth Lever in Modern GTM, with Adrian Rosenkranz, CRO at Webflow
Webflow CRO Adrian Rosenkranz breaks down how go-to-market teams are evolving in an AI-first world. From unifying PLG and enterprise motions to treating governance as a driver of growth, this episode explores how to design revenue systems that scale, without sacrificing control.
Published: Apr 10, 2026Duration: 25m 41s
Season 1 - Episode 129
How RevOps scales companies from $10M to $250M ARR with Franco Anzini, SVP of GTM Strategy & Operations
In this episode, Jeff is joined by Franco Anzini, a GTM operations executive who has helped scale multiple SaaS companies from $10M to $250M ARR and led organisations through IPO and acquisition.Franco shares what RevOps actually looks like at different stages of growth, and how the role evolves as companies scale. From building the operational foundations in early growth, to creating forecasting discipline before IPO, he explains the systems, data infrastructure, and decision-making frameworks that allow revenue teams to grow sustainably.They also discuss the shift from systems thinking to business impact, the rise...
Published: Apr 3, 2026Duration: 20m 26s
Season 1 - Episode 128
Reinventing revenue in healthcare AI with Guy Raber, VP of RevOps at Kontakt.io
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Guy Rayer, VP of Revenue Operations at Kontakt.io, to explore how RevOps is evolving in a world of AI, limited TAM, and complex healthcare buying cycles.Guy shares how operating in a concentrated healthcare market, just 300 target health systems representing 80% of the opportunity, fundamentally changes go-to-market strategy. Instead of volume-based outbound, his team leans into depth: account-based execution, persona mapping, proximity strategy, and face-to-face influence at industry events like HIMSS and ViVE.
Published: Mar 27, 2026Duration: 21m 0s
Season 1 - Episode 127
When compensation breaks with Jaap Westrik, Founder of Mordern Revenue
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Jaap Westrick, Founder of Modern Revenue, to explore the hidden disconnect between finance and go-to-market team, and why compensation plans are often blamed for problems they didn’t create.Drawing on his background in finance and advisory work with 30+ companies, Jaap explains why CRO–CFO misalignment stems from fundamentally different training, incentives, and languages. They unpack why comp plans are usually a symptom of deeper strategic issues - from poor planning cycles and unclear definitions to flawed capacity models and disconnected data strategies.
Published: Mar 20, 2026Duration: 21m 57s
Season 1 - Episode 126
Architecting Scalable, AI-Safe Revenue Systems with Pranav Lal, Head of Business Technology at Gusto
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Pranav Lal, Head of Business Technology at Gusto, to unpack what it really means to build a commerce engine, not just a tech stack.Drawing on experience from high-growth journeys at Slack, Eventbrite, and Ethos Life, Pav shares hard-won lessons on lead-to-cash architecture, IPO readiness, SOX compliance, and designing systems that scale without drowning in tech debt.
Published: Mar 13, 2026Duration: 25m 54s
Season 1 - Episode 125
How the Bowtie Model Aligns Marketing, Sales & CS with Clark Dixon, VP of RevOps at EverDriven
Clark Dixon, VP of Revenue Operations at EverDriven, joins the show to discuss how revenue architecture creates clarity, alignment, and focus across go-to-market teams.EverDriven is a mission-driven company providing modern transportation solutions for K–12 students with unique needs, including those experiencing homelessness or requiring specialised support. Clark shares how the bowtie data model became a powerful unifying framework in his previous roles, transforming disconnected funnels into a single, measurable revenue system.
Published: Mar 6, 2026Duration: 15m 57s
Season 1 - Episode 124
Scaling from $0 to $200M with Precision Revenue Operations with Alex Kusters, VP of RevOps at Impact Networking
How do you grow faster while creating fewer opportunities? Alex Kusters explains how Impact Networking redefined its ICP, built a formulaic targeting model, and embraced signal-based selling to drive 114% growth in net-new logos. A masterclass in modern RevOps, mid-market positioning, and building systems people actually want to use.
Published: Feb 27, 2026Duration: 21m 37s
Season 1 - Episode 123
How to Build Data-Led Outbound with Jordan Crawford, Founder of Blueprint
Jordan Crawford explains the Permissionless Value Prop, a way of combining internal and external data to create outreach that earns attention.- Why most AI SDR tools produce identical messages- The limits of firmographic ICPs- How to define a “paying qualified segment”- Vertical vs. horizontal GTM trade-offs- Where RevOps should start with AI
Published: Feb 20, 2026Duration: 25m 9s
Season 1 - Episode 122
Why AI Doesn’t Wait for Perfect Data with Stuart Watson, Head of RevOps at ResolveAI
In this episode, Jeff is joined by Stuart Watson, Head of Revenue Operations at ResolveAI, to unpack how modern AI workflows are changing what’s possible in RevOps.From deploying hundreds of autonomous agents to clean and qualify messy account data, to using Claude Code to cut territories, build internal tools, and replace legacy dashboards, Stuart shares real-world examples of how AI can close data gaps instead of waiting for them to be fixed.The conversation explores why “AI-ready data” doesn’t mean perfect data, how agentic workflows are turning RevOps leaders into digital workforce managers...
Published: Feb 13, 2026Duration: 27m 43s
Season 1 - Episode 121
Turning GTM Plans into Real Business Impact with Pedrum Khosravi Senior Director of Growth Operations at Paytient
In this episode, Jeff talks with Pedrum Khosravi, Senior Director of Growth Operations at Paytient, about how to connect GTM work directly to business outcomes. They dig into building a usable revenue model, mapping initiatives to the right KPIs, using AI for enrichment and handoffs in tools like HubSpot, and why RevOps leaders should take more high-upside risks to truly move the needle.
Published: Jan 30, 2026Duration: 18m 28s
Season 1 - Episode 120
Habits, Processes & the Path to Real Productivity with Colin Brown, VP of RevOps at DDN
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Colin Brown, VP of Revenue Operations at DDN, to unpack what AI adoption actually looks like in go-to-market teams. From distinguishing AI-supported habits vs. AI-enabled processes to evaluating build vs. buy, Colin shares candid lessons, the tooling he trusts, why custom workflows matter, and the real challenges of change management. A pragmatic, no-fluff look at where AI drives genuine productivity, and where it doesn’t.
Published: Jan 23, 2026Duration: 22m 57s
Season 1 - Episode 119
From Guessing to Predictability: How RevOps Drives Alignment and Forecast Confidence
Jeff sits down with Mat Rodriguez to explore how RevOps turns guesswork into predictable revenue. They dig into why forecasting breaks down without data discipline, how owning Salesforce as a true source of truth changes the quality of forecast conversations, and what it takes to build operational rigor without slowing the business down.The conversation also covers the role of alignment in driving GTM execution, from narrowing ICPs and coordinating account plans to creating SLAs that improve top-of-funnel credibility. If you’re looking to replace reactive forecasting with confidence and bring your GTM teams into real alignment, th...
Published: Jan 16, 2026Duration: 24m 29s
Season 1 - Episode 118
How RevOps Leaders Turn Customer Insight into Growth with Rutger Katz, Founder of Neon Triforce
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Rutger Katz, Founder of Neon Triforce and fractional VP of Revenue Operations, to unpack how modern RevOps teams should think beyond funnels and start managing revenue as a system.Drawing on Winning by Design frameworks, lean manufacturing principles, and 15 years of consultancy experience, Rutger explains how to turn customer insights into action using models like the bow tie, why governance and decision rights matter more as companies scale, and how RevOps leaders can shift from ticket-takers to true strategic partners.
Published: Jan 9, 2026Duration: 21m 20s